Ed Kirkpatrick broke into pro ball in 1962 as an 18-year old with San Jose of the Cal St League and was brought up to the majors that same year with the California Angels in October and played 3 games. A 16-year major league career. After splitting time with the Angels and in the minors the next couple of years he played 117 games in 1966, lined 7 doubles, 9 homers, 44 RBIs but batted only .192. After spending most of '67 in the minors he returned to the Angels in '68. In 1969 he was traded to the Cardinals and hit a nice .257 with 11 Ds and lined a career best 14 home runs. Kirkpatrick best batting years were 1972 and 1973. He hit .275 in 113 games in '72, including 15 doubles and 9 homers and scored 43 runs and also had 43 RBIs. In 1973, he batted .263, lined a career-best 24 doubles and scored a career-best 61 runs with 45 RBIs. baseballhistorian.com

Pitching Statistics

Year

Team

G

GS

W

L

SV

CG

SHO

IP

H

R

ER

HR

BB

IBB

SO

WP

HBP

BK

ERA

18 years

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

Batting Statistics

Year

Team

G

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

BB

SO

SB

CS

IBB

HBP

SH

SF

AVG

OBP

SLG

1962

LAA (AL)

3

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

.0

.0

SLG

1963

LAA (AL)

34

77

4

15

5

0

2

7

6

19

1

0

0

1

0

1

.195

.259

SLG

1964

LAA (AL)

75

219

20

53

13

3

2

22

23

30

2

2

6

2

0

4

.242

.315

SLG

1965

CAL (AL)

19

73

8

19

5

0

3

8

3

9

1

2

0

0

2

0

.260

.289

SLG

1966

CAL (AL)

117

312

31

60

7

4

9

44

51

67

7

4

8

5

6

3

.192

.313

SLG

1967

CAL (AL)

3

8

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

.0

.0

SLG

1968

CAL (AL)

89

161

23

37

4

0

1

15

25

32

1

3

2

1

3

3

.230

.332

SLG

1969

KCR (AL)

120

315

40

81

11

4

14

49

43

42

3

5

4

3

1

4

.257

.348

SLG

1970

KCR (AL)

134

424

59

97

17

2

18

62

55

65

4

4

8

1

1

0

.229

.319

SLG

1971

KCR (AL)

120

365

46

80

12

1

9

46

48

60

3

4

8

2

1

7

.219

.308

SLG

1972

KCR (AL)

113

364

43

100

15

1

9

43

51

50

3

5

9

3

1

4

.275

.365

SLG

1973

KCR (AL)

126

429

61

113

24

3

6

45

46

48

3

7

6

1

4

5

.263

.333

SLG

1974

PIT (NL)

116

271

32

67

9

0

6

38

51

30

1

2

13

2

4

3

.247

.367

SLG

1975

PIT (NL)

89

144

15

34

5

0

5

16

18

22

1

0

2

0

1

1

.236

.319

SLG

1976

PIT (NL)

83

146

14

34

9

0

0

16

14

15

1

0

2

0

0

3

.233

.294

SLG

1977

PIT (NL)

21

28

5

4

2

0

1

4

8

6

1

0

0

0

1

1

.143

.324

SLG

1977

TEX (AL)

20

48

2

9

1

0

0

3

4

11

2

0

1

0

0

0

.188

.250

SLG

1977

MIL (AL)

29

77

8

21

4

0

0

6

10

8

0

1

1

1

0

0

.273

.364

SLG

18 years

1311

3467

411

824

143

18

85

424

456

518

34

39

70

22

25

39

.238

.327

.SLG

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